Brooder.



ISAAC MQRROV, OF MANHEIM, PEN

TO CLAYTON N. I-IOSTETTI-ER,V OF

*au BRO Patented August 18, 1903'.

'PATlnSrT OFFICE.

NSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF PENN TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

ODER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 736,423, dated August 18, 1903.

Application iiled April 26, 1902 To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it knewnthat I, ISAAC MORROW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manin the several broeders included in the systern and in the inclosure for the latter without liability of injury to the chickens during the brooding period.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view showing a series of broeders and a het-water heater, together with a system of pipes, embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is av detail perspective view of one of the broeders shown open. Fig.

3 is a transverse vertical section of one of the breeders. Fig. et is a rear elevation ef one of the broeders. Fig. 5 is a ldetail perspective view of a part of each breeder used in the system.

Similar numerals of reference are employed te indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

'The numeral 1 designates a furnace having a boiler 2 bricked or fully inclosed therein and provided with return-fines 3, whereby fuel may be economically usedand the Water Within th'e'beiler more rapidly heated, in view of the fact that the fire is permitted to engage the under portion of the boiler and the productsef combustion return through the ues te a front stack et; The furnace and the boiler set forth are located in a suitable underground va ult or cellar below the broeders, which will be hereinafter described, and the broeders and furnace and boiler are contained within the area of a breeding house or inclosure 5 of suitable structure. It will be Serial No. 104,880. (No model.)

understood that the boiler will be equipped with modern attachments and appurtenances, and communicating with the under portion thereof is a supply-pipe 6, which projects up- Wardly through the iooring of the breeder house or inclesure 5, and supported on the upper terminal thereof above the plane of said flooring is a barrel or other receptacle 7, inte which water may be poured for supplying the boiler continuously with water to compensate for a reduction of water in the boiler, due te the heating thereof and formation of steam to a limited extent. Entering the top or upper portion of the boiler is a vent-pipe 8, having an upper horizontallydisposed terminal 9, with an outlet directed into the barrel er receptacle 7. As the water in the boiler becomes thoroughly heated and ebullition ensues it will rise in the pipe 8 and escape into the barrel or receptacle 7, thereby acting as a means for heating the feed-Water without waste. This relief or important, as the steam that may be formed will be allowed te escape without the disadvantage of having it back up into the pipes employed for the circulation of het water through the several broeders.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1, a series of three broeders 9 is shown, having two supply-pipes-1O and two return-pipes 1l, longitudinally extending through the rear portion thereof, the pipes 10- communicatingl with the top portion of the boiler 2 and the pipes 11 with the bottom of said boiler. One of the return-pipes 11 is supplied with a draw-0E `faucet 12 to relieve the entire system of pipes and the boiler of Water when the broeders are not in use. It will be observed .that the pipes 10 also have valves 13 for controlling the iiow of the Water therethrough, and at the return-bends ofsaid pipes are ventcecks 14: for relieving the pipes of air, and thereby avoid retardation of a'therough circulation of the Water in heated condition through the pipes. The pipes are of materially greater diameter than those usually employed for heating broeders, so as to overcome the usual tendency of the water in small pipes to become rapidly cooled by radiation, with obvious disadvantages in maintaining vent means for the boiler is exceptionally IOO the required degree of caloric within the broeders and the inclosure for the latter. The enlarged pipes are also advantageous in heating the interior of the inclosure, and in the present improved arrangement the supply and return pipes are exposed at the outer end portions of the terminal broeders of the series and also by the spacesl between the several broeders, and thus temper the interior of the inclosure for the several broeders, with obvious benefits in maintaining lthe interior of the broeders in proper heated condition. The series of pipesv 10 and 11 pass through the rear vertically-enlarged portion of the broeder, so that the chickens can readily huddle thereunder; but the particular advantage derived from the arrangement of pipes passing through the broeders as set forth and heating ,the interior of the inclesure for the broeders is that the interior of each broeder of the series will be more evenly and equally heated and cause the chickens to have a natural inclination to occupy different parts of the full floor area of each broeder.

Each broeder has a particular construction which assists in causing the heat from the pipes passing therethrough to circulate equally within the inclosure of the same, and for this purpose a deflecting-board 15 is horizontally disposed on the pipes, and as the latter are located below the topof the broeder a chamber is formed above said board. The board 15 causes the heat to be deflected downwardly andhas an upwardly-projecting strip 16, which takes up the distance between the top surface of the board and the upper edges of the ends of the broeder, the board near its opposite end,as well as the strip 16,having veutilating-openings 17 therein. Each brooder is also provided with a hinged cover 18, having transparent panels 19 therein for inspecting the interior of the brooder. When the cover 18 is closed, the upper edge of the strip 16 contacts therewith, and a chamber is thus provided above the pipes,which is constructed to serve as a Ventilating-chamber, having communication with the exterior through the 'medium of openings 20 in the upper portion of the rear side of the broeder. The air from the exterior of the brooder enters the ventilating-chamber through the openings 2O and then -passes into the interior of the broeder through the openings 17, formed in the board 15 and the strip 16. By this means a very i elective ventilation is set up in each broeder,

with advantages in the preservation and healthful growth of the chickens. 'It will also be seen that the disposition of the ventilatingchamber as set forth causes the fresh air to become thoroughly heated before entering the main body of the broeder, thereby avoiding chilling and injury tothe chickens.

The rear side of the broeder also has transparent panels 2l therein, and the front side of each broeder on the inner surfaces of the ends has strips 22secured thereto to form Vertical guide-spaces 23, in which is `removably tted a frame 24, carrying loosely-depending felt or other cloth strips 25 to form an air-tight closure at the front of the broeder,

but at the same time permit the chickenswhen they are old enough to pass in and out of the brooder-inclosure in the day-time. The frame 24: is applied to the innermost guides 23, and the youter guides 24E are adapted to removably receive a frame 2G, having a screen-wire covering 27, which will be used at night to prevent the chickens from running out of the broeder and also the entrance intov the broeder of rats and mice. This screen-guard is also employed to close the front'of the broeder during the rst two days of the existence of the chickens; but it will be understood that it can be removed at any time during the day, if desired and found necessary.

One of the main advantages of the'present brooding system or arrangement of pipes in relation to the series of broeders is that in the event of a sudden lowering of temperature during theA night the chickens will not be injured, in View of the fact that they canV huddle under the pipes and become properly and healthfully warmed, whereas in the ordinary broeder constructions using a single pipe through which heat or het water flows the temperature cannot be maintained at such a degree in the rear of the broeder as to be beneficial or affect as large a space.

Provision is also 'made in the boiler for pipes similar to the pipes 10 and 11, extending in opposite directions or on opposite sides of the location of the boiler. The means for this purpose consists of a series of taps or tubular conn ections 28 at the upper and lower portions of the boiler, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. In this arrangement of the pipes the operation and advantages heretofore stated will be precisely the same. It will be seen from the foregoing that a broeder and means for heating a series of the latter is provided having superior advantages and that various temperature conditions and contingencies will be met and accommodated with benefit to the chickens and without the necessity of close careand watchfulness by an attendant.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with aboiler, of a series of broeders arranged in longitudinal alinement with the ends thereof in contiguity and separated by intervening spaces, each of the series of broeders having its rear portion vertically extended and the upper part ofthe rear wall formed With Ventilating-openings, a Ventilating-chamber in the rear verticallyextended portion of each broeder formed with a front perforate ange, the Vopenings in the upper rear part of the back of the broeder solely communicating with the Ventilatingchamber, and a hinged lid or cover movable downwardly over and upwardly from the forward portion of each broeder and the ven- ICO IIO

tilating-chamber thereof, and a series of su pply and return pipes disposed in the saine rear Wall of the broeder having Ventilatingopenings therein, a Ventilating-chamber suphorizontal plane and parallel and extending ported on the pipes and closely held between zo through the upper rear portions of the broodthe latter and the top of the broeder and 5 ers and connecting the latter in immovable formed with a front perforate flange, the position, the bottoms of tli'e ventilatingopenings in the upper portion of the back of chambers of all the brooders being supportthe brooder solely communicating with the ed on the said pipes and closely held be- Ventilating-chamber, and a hinged lid or 25 tween the latter and the tops of the broeders, and'the portions of the pipes in each broeder being arranged at an elevation above the bottoms of the latter.

2. A brooder having an increased vertical extent at its rear portion, a series of horizontally-disposed pipes extending through the said rear portion of the brooder above the bottom-of the latter, the upper portion of the cover movable downwardly over and upwardly from the forward portion of the brooder and the Ventilating-chamber.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC MORROW.

Vitnesses:

' JOHN H. SCHADY,

D. L. HAMAKER.

It is hereby certied that Letters Patent No. 736,423, granted August 18, 1903, upon the application of Isaac Morrow, of Bla-nheim, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Broeders was erroneously issued to Isaac Morrow and Clayton N. Hostetter, as joint owners of said invention; Whereas the patent should have been granted to said Clayton N. Hosteter, he being sole owner of the entire interest as shown by the assignments of record in the Patent Office; also that the words one-half in line seven of the grant, and in the heading to the printed specification should be stricken ont; and

[SEAL] Corrections in Letters Patent No. 736,423.

same Inayconform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

signed and sealed this sul day 0f December, A. D., 190e.

F. I. ALLEN,

that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the Commissioner of Patents.

tilating-chamber thereof, and a series of su pply and return pipes disposed in the saine rear Wall of the broeder having Ventilatingopenings therein, a Ventilating-chamber suphorizontal plane and parallel and extending ported on the pipes and closely held between zo through the upper rear portions of the broodthe latter and the top of the broeder and 5 ers and connecting the latter in immovable formed with a front perforate flange, the position, the bottoms of tli'e ventilatingopenings in the upper portion of the back of chambers of all the brooders being supportthe brooder solely communicating with the ed on the said pipes and closely held be- Ventilating-chamber, and a hinged lid or 25 tween the latter and the tops of the broeders, and'the portions of the pipes in each broeder being arranged at an elevation above the bottoms of the latter.

2. A brooder having an increased vertical extent at its rear portion, a series of horizontally-disposed pipes extending through the said rear portion of the brooder above the bottom-of the latter, the upper portion of the cover movable downwardly over and upwardly from the forward portion of the brooder and the Ventilating-chamber.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAAC MORROW.

Vitnesses:

' JOHN H. SCHADY,

D. L. HAMAKER.

It is hereby certied that Letters Patent No. 736,423, granted August 18, 1903, upon the application of Isaac Morrow, of Bla-nheim, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Broeders was erroneously issued to Isaac Morrow and Clayton N. Hostetter, as joint owners of said invention; Whereas the patent should have been granted to said Clayton N. Hosteter, he being sole owner of the entire interest as shown by the assignments of record in the Patent Office; also that the words one-half in line seven of the grant, and in the heading to the printed specification should be stricken ont; and

[SEAL] Corrections in Letters Patent No. 736,423.

same Inayconform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

signed and sealed this sul day 0f December, A. D., 190e.

F. I. ALLEN,

that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No` 736,423, granted August 18, 1903, upon the application of Isaac Morrow, of Manheim, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Bi-ooders, was erroneously issued to Isaac Morrow and Clayton N. Hostetter, as

joint owners of said invention; Whereas the patent should have been granted to said Clayton N. Hosteter, he being sole owner of the entire interest as shown by the assignments of record in the Patent Oiee; also that the words one-half in line seven of the grant, and in the heading to the printed speciozition should be stricken out; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the oase in the Patient Uffice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of December, A. D., 1903.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patente. 

